Viet issue in election in Hull England
In Hull England a by election tests Britain’s stance on Vietnam as Prime Minister Wilson’s Labour government faces a tight race. Richard Gott a 27 year old journalist runs against Kevin McNamara Toby Jessel and Laurie Millward with a sole plank opposing the Vietnam War. Gott’s campaign costs about 500 pounds and is funded by contributions including unsolicited so called conscience money from Labour supporters.
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Hull
England
Britain
U.S
Viet Nam
Wilson
Richard Gott
Kevin McNamara
Labor
Toby Jessel
Laurie Millward
Liberals
Gott
Jessel
House of Commons
Ters
Labor Party
Ottawa finance minister promises grain movement plan
Finance Minister Sharp told the Commons he will announce steps to improve coordination of grain movements to the west coast. He was pressed on conflicting statements from the CPR, Vancouver Board of Trade and others and said an announcement would come tomorrow or the next day.
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Ottawa
Sharp
The
Commons
West Coast
H. A. Olson
Sc-Medicine Hat
CPR
Vancouver Board of Trade
West
Troop plane crashes near An Khe in dense fog
A U S Air Force C 123 transport carrying 46 Americans and 42 soldiers crashed five miles east of An Khe in heavy rain and fog shortly after takeoff. All aboard were killed, including four crew members. Cause unavailable. This follows previous air disaster in December near Nha Trang.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
An Khe
U.S
Highlands
Nha Trang
Verwoerd okays oil shipments to Rhodesia
Premier Hendrik Verwoerd told Parliament South Africa would not block petrol supplies to Rhodesia and would not take Rhodesia's side in the independence crisis. He noted sanctions on Rhodesia but stressed noninvolvement in fuel boycotts and urged focus on direct parties.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Rhodesia
Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Britain
Quebec plans take over of economy to push French priority
Welfare Minister Rene Levesque told McGill students Quebec will use lawful means to let Quebecers control the economy and favor French as the province's priority language. He cited Crown corporations mixed ventures and French-Canadian private enterprise, saying the move will address linguistic issues and curb English-dominated firms in Montreal.
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Montreal
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque speech shocks Montreal business leaders
Rene Levesque’s Monday address to McGill students drew surprise and dismay as he assailed Montreal’s English business community as arrogant and ignorant. Charles Neapole, new head of the Montreal and Canadian Stock Exchanges, called the remarks surprising and urged recognition of French language progress as an evolving issue. Egan Chambers, ex Conservative MP and broker firm president, urged that Montreal be seen as a Canadian metropolis.
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Montreal
Rene Levesque
McGill University
Quebec
Charles Neapole
Canadian
Levesque
Neapole
Egan Chambers
Montreal St. Lawrence-St. George
Payment for motherhood urged by lady MP
Ottawa report quotes Grace Macinnis predicting half of Canada’s married women will work outside the home by 1971. She argues for paying or supporting motherhood, nursery schools near workplaces, and greater job flexibility including part-time options to allow mothers to balance family and paid work.
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George Brimmell
Southam News Services
Ottawa
A _ new
Grace Macinnis
NDP
Vancouver - Kingsway
Socreds to back Liberals in Commons vote in Ottawa
In Ottawa the Pearson government faces a second Parliament test as five Social Credit MPs are expected to provide Liberal margins against a Conservative motion criticizing cuts to old age pensions. Prime Minister Pearson warns of possible new elections if defeated.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Social Credit
Thompson
New Democrats
Creditistes
NDP
Ina
Broadcasters join CBC in condemning report
Broadcasters and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters reject Fowler Commission recommendations for a single national authority. They advocate preserving the Board of Broadcast Governors with full time members and oppose reducing the BBG to a two-board system. The CAB, representing 228 radio and 55 TV stations, disputes Fowler figures on Canadian talent and argues private stations provide essential local service and Canadian content through broader talent measures.
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Canadian Association of Broadcasters
CBC Today
Fowler Commission
Canada
Judy LaMarsh
Board of Broadcast Governors
CBC
CAB
BBG
Fowler
Freshman MP Alleges CPR Undercuts North Skylake Freight
Northwestern Ontario MP John M. Reid from Kenora Rainy River rose in the Commons Monday night to attack the CPR. He said the railway is discouraging business in his district as The Dominion passenger train was cancelled and freight and express service was reduced to three times weekly, harming regional commerce.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Commons
CPR
John m. Reid
Kenora - Rainy River
Dominion
Pearson backs Favreau speech in Ottawa Commons
Prime Minister Pearson said he agrees with Privy Council President Favreau that constitutional reform should be delayed until after the next federal election. The exchange followed Favreau's Montreal remarks urging a constitutional amendment path other than Britain's.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Commons
Privy Council
Favreau
Quebec
Montreal
Marcel Lambert
Edmonton West
Lambert
Canada
Britain
Government weighing western pleas to save CPR train
Transport Minister Pickersgill said representations from western cities may influence government action after the Board of Transport Commissioners authorized the CPR to discontinue the Montreal to Vancouver service The issue was raised as mayors from affected cities met in Moose Jaw with J Ernest Pascoe urging cabinet receipt of resolutions Eldon Woolliams criticized the pledge to give consideration as meaningless without concrete action
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Ottawa
Pickersgill
CPR
Dominion
J. Ernest Pascoe
Moose Jaw-Lake Centre
Moose Jaw
Board of Transport Commissioners
Eldon Woolliams
Bow River
London Stock Exchange suspends eight for bond washing probe
Eight LSE members were suspended for three to 12 months and five firms were censured in a major disciplinary action over bond washing used to evade tax on government bond dividends. The council said disciplined parties facilitated deals within exchange machinery that would enable tax evasion.
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London
Reuters
London Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Council
Stock Exchange
Burns Day dinner recalls haggis tradition in Scotland
Alexander Muir of Moose Jaw argues haggis is a punishment for non Scots while Burns supper events toast poet Robert Burns. Passengers on Scottish flights sample haggis and scotch whisky as Burns celebrations spread to Glasgow and beyond with bagpipes and shortbread. The British post office releases a Burns stamp eight years after Russia’s first Burns issue.
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Alexander Muir
Moose Jaw
Glasgow
Reuters
Scotland
Robert Burns
Burns
Russia
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